LAUREN STONE
Western Space Collaborative Specialization Graduate Student

Thesis Topic
Effects of meteorite impact on the habitability of basalt and geochemical alterations to impact-shocked basalt associated with microbial activity: Astrobiological implications for Mars

Current Degree
- Ph.D Student in Geology/ Collaborative Specialization in Planetary Science and Exploration

Past Degrees
- 2016 ??? 2020: B.Sc. (Honours) in Biology and Health Sciences ??? Brock University
Person
Publications

Lauren Stone
PUBLICATIONS
- Stone, L. B. L., Padilla-Guerrero, I. E ., and Bidochka, M. J. (2022). Fungal effector proteins: Molecular mediators of fungal symbionts of plants. In Horwitz, B.A. and Mukherjee, P.K. (Eds.),??Microbial Cross-Talk in the Rhizosphere. Springer Nature Singapore.
- Stone, L.B.L., Bidochka, M.J. The multifunctional lifestyles of??Metarhizium: Evolution and applications.??Appl Microbiol Biotechnol??104,??9935???9945 (2020).??https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-020-10968-3
AWARDS
- 2022 ??? Canada Graduate Scholarship ??? Doctoral (CGS-D)
- 2021 ??? Canada Graduate Scholarship ??? Master???s (CGS-M)
- 2020 ??? Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science & Technology
- 2020 ??? Distinguished Graduating Student Award ??? Biological Sciences
- 2020 ??? Department of Biology Undergraduate Research Excellence Award
- 2020 ??? Biological Sciences Faculty Year 4 Book Prize
- 2020 ??? Dr. Alan Earp Alumni Scholarship
- 2019 ??? Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Undergraduate Student Award (USRA)
- 2019 ??? Biological Sciences Faculty Year 3 Book Prize
- 2016 ??? 2020 ??? Brock Scholars Award
- 2016 ??? 2020 ??? Brock Dean???s List, Brock University
